Box 9

The first thing that came to mind after reading Mama's Day was an old movie called "The Beverly Hillbillies". It reminded me of this because of a similar plot where a big company wants to pay off the family for the land. The main difference in the Beverly Hillbillies is that they actually take the money and move to Beverly Hills. There were definately parts of this I didn't understand and had to stop and think about them. I was entertained with the language they used even though it was hard to understand at times. I was surprised to find out about Hilton Head. That is a very popular resort spot still today. I thought there were some part where I was completely lost and began to then lose interest in the story.

When I reread the story, I gained a much better understanding of what the story was about. It took a few times through one section to understand the 18 & 23 but I realized it after Reema's boy had figured out that is was actually 81 & 23 which were the coordinates of Willow Springs. One of the most interesting characters was Reema's boy. He was very different from the group he grew up with. He sounded like he was a professional business man and had some education and common sense. My second favorite was the narrator. The narrator was interesting because of the mystery or who he or she was. For some reason I had the idea that the setting was in the country near a shore. I had imagine this because of the various companies that were interested in their land.